Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay says today that if he were elected prime minister in the April 9 elections, he would immediately turn to Arab nations to help piece together a “regional framework” for peace.
“In the first days of my term as prime minister, I intend to announce in Hebrew, Arabic and English on an Israeli diplomatic initiative that will spark a broad-based negotiations process with the Palestinians and the moderate Arab states,” Gabbay says in a statement.
He adds: “I will issue a clear call to the Arab world and its leaders, and will announce that I’m willing to go and talk to the Arab League about a regional arrangement.”
He warns other parties that “anyone who sits with Bibi [Netanyahu in a new government] won’t make peace. Anyone who wants to be a partner for change in Israel has to commit not to sit in a government led by Netanyahu.”
He accuses Netanyahu of “leading down the path of cowardice, lack of leadership, cynicism and 10 years of [diplomatic] freeze.”
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